Following on from the success of their 2013 tour of Britten's wonderful comedy Albert Herring
("a highlight of my Britten centenary trawl to date" - Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph),
Mid-Wales Opera, in partnership with the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, perform one of the most famous pastoral operas,
Handel's Acis and Galatea.

It is a musical masterpiece from one of the greatest composers of all time, with words by poet John Gay, best known for The Beggar's Opera.
The opera tells a story from ancient mythology: Acis is the son of the spirit Pan, Galatea a nymph of the sea. They fall in
love, only to be thwarted by the monstrous Cyclops, Polyphemus. In a jealous rage he murders Acis, leaving Galatea bereft.
In her despair, she turns the blood of her dead lover into a river, forever flowing into the sea.

Mid-Wales Opera and co-production partners the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama are joined by members of Rachel Podger's group,
Brecon Baroque,
bringing a very special production of this beautiful and entrancing opera.